by mike | Jul 23, 2018 | Aging, Films About Writers, Humor, Movies, Musical Theater, Uncategorized, Writing |
I can’t say that the 2018 comedy, Humor Me, did poorly at the box office. That’s because it did almost NO box office. It just sort of came and went, and we all missed it…and that’s a shame, as it definitely is funny, and at times even poignant. FROM ACCLAIMED WRITER...
by mike | Mar 12, 2018 | Books, California, Editing, Fantasy, Humor, Publishing, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
Bicycling Through Space and Time, the first book of my comedy/science fiction series featuring cosmic bike rider Jack Miller, was initially not supposed to get published. I wrote the three books during the late 1980s-early ’90s with the idea of preserving my sanity...
by mike | Feb 19, 2018 | Books, Death, Fantasy, Films About Books, Films About Writers, Humor, Movies, Publishing, Romance, Uncategorized, Writing |
Harold Crick is an IRS agent who leads a boring life. Harold is also—not by choice—a character in a book, and that character is slated to die at story’s end. A LIFE BY THE NUMBERS Stranger Than Fiction, a 2006 fantasy/comedy/drama, stars Will Ferrell in an understated...
by mike | Oct 3, 2016 | Disaster Movies, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
The bestselling author in question here is none other than Stephen King. His directorial effort, singular, is the 1986 “science fiction action horror comedy” film, Maximum Overdrive, based (loosely) on his short story, Trucks. The movie was a disaster both critically...
by mike | Sep 19, 2016 | Guilty Pleasures, Humor, Movies, Uncategorized |
I may be the only person on the planet who found the 1999 “steampunk western action comedy” film, Wild Wild West, a “pleasure” to watch. Heck, even its star, Will Smith, hated this movie. But, as I’ve said a thousand times, I’m easily entertained, and I got a kick out...
